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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
Please explain.
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At it's root, the core value of conservativsm seems to be selfishness. That is the conclusion I've come to.
Liberals/socialists have more compassionate, sharing views.
On the one hand you have people who believe that sharing wealth from the fortunate to the less fortunate is a good idea, and then on the other hand you have those don't. This seems to apply at many levels. You have Conservative Albertans who don't want to share Alberta's financial success with other provinces. You have Conservatives who don't want to share their personal financial success with other people, some of whom grew up in horrible situations and never had the chance to succeed that many more fortunate did.
At least that is my take on financial positions of conservatives vs liberals/socialists in general. I boil it down to selfish vs willing to share. Social issues are bit of a different animal and can't be boiled down in the same way as the fiscal stances.
I have to agree that the more moral viewpoint is the compassionate one, not the selfish one.